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Category: Ningbo Port
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Published: Monday, 04 June 2012 10:20
According to the latest statistics by Ningbo Port Co. Ltd., the container throughput of the port in May reached 1.462 million TEUs, surpassing the mark of 1.4 million TEUs for the first time, an increase of 12.3% over the same period last year, and setting the new historical high of monthly record.
In May, Ningbo Port made great efforts in developing new shipping routes and succeeded in opening seven new container routes. By the end of May, there had been 233 container routes, including 118 ocean routes, which account for 50.64% of the total number. It strengthened strategic cooperation with shipping companies to attract them to develop new transit paths centered on Ningbo Port. The port also focus on the development of water-water transit operation, resulting in a container throughput of 299,000 TEUs, up by 30% over the same period last year
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 04 June 2012 10:19
The opening ceremony of Ningbo Young Pioneers Library, or Children's Library, was held at Ningbo University Zone Library on Wednesday. The vice mayor, Chen Yijun, attended the ceremony and extended congratulations.
Jointly set up by Ningbo Commission of Communist Young League,the Municipal Bureau of Education, and Ningbo Commission of Young Pioneers, the library aims to provide a space where children can engage with books. With its collection of children's books, the library offers circulation, processing, statistical, reference and consultation services.
In addition, Ningbo plans to launch a project to set up more book clubs on and out of campus. According to the plan, 100 reading rooms, 200 book corners, and 500 book shelves will be set in schools for migrant children through sponsorship and donations. At present, the project has started in Yinzhou District.
The Young Pioneers Library will cooperate with Ningbo University Zone library, and set up long-term book donation stands, calling for public book donation. The books collected will be used for a reading promotion program.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 04 June 2012 10:19
On Wednesday, senior officials from the municipal government visited children in kindergartens and primary schools, extending their greetings to the children prior to the International Children's Day.
On Wednesday morning, Yu Hongyi, head of the Publicity Department, visited children in Damin school, a school set up for mentally retarded children. She watched the children learning to do housework and highly praised them. She quoted a saying "When Destiny closes a door, he opens a window." and added that we should make every effort to update our teaching method, discover the children's potential, and help them live a self-reliant and dignified life." Yu encouraged teachers to help build stronger social support system for special education and benefit more mentally retarded children. Yu also visited Qinglin Branch of Ningbo No. 2 Kindergarten, and watched the children's performance. She asserted the kindergarten’s practice of opening branches. She said the practice balanced the teaching resources and benefit both children and their parents.
On the same day, Hu Modun, the deputy director of the Standing Committee of Municipal People's Congress, visited children in a kindergarten and a primary school in Dayin Township together with other officials. They visited the school classrooms and watched the colorful performance of the children. Hu said children are the future of our nation, and their healthy and happy growing-up will promote family happiness as well as social harmony.
Yesterday morning, Vice Mayor, Zhang Minghua, together with other officials, visited Meixu Central Primary School and Baoyun Kindergarten in Jiangdong District, and extended greeting to the children. The Meixu Central Primary School, formerly known as the Meixu Qiujing School, was set up in Qing Dynasty. The school is the alma mater of many famous Chinese scholars. Zhang enjoyed the performance of the children and extended greeting to the children and gratitude to their teachers. He said that children are the future of our nation and we should nurture our children the way we nurture flowers. In Baoyun Kindergarten, the vice mayor joined in the children' celebrating performances. He spoke highly of the teaching style of the school, and encouraged the school to make further progress.
Yesterday afternoon, Jiang Jianwei, Vice Chairman of the municipal CPPCC, visited a kindergarten and a primary school in Jiangbei District. In Hongtang Kindergarten, he watched a fairy play and a handicraft display of the children. He highly praised the children's performances and their art crafts. In Lingfeng Primary School, Jiang, together with other officials, attended a school concert, and visited the school campus. Jiang extended festive greetings to the children and encouraged them to work hard. Meanwhile, he expressed his sincere appreciation to the teaching staff. He also calls for more public support for education and more concern for children of migrant workers.
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Category: Health News
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Published: Monday, 04 June 2012 10:18
May 31 marks World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) in 2012, a day created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987 as a way to bring worldwide attention to the tobacco epidemic today. To help people who have difficulty in quit smoking, Ningbo opened its first smoking cessation clinic in November, 2008 in the Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine of Ningbo University. Up till now, as the only smoking cessation clinic in Ningbo, it has received more than 1,000 patients who seek professional help in their struggle to quit smoking.
Dr. Chen Zhongbo is a full-time doctor in the smoking cessation clinic. Having treated many smokers, he agreed that the temptation to smoke is hard to resist in the stressful society today.
"While smoking is a common practice Today, more and more people, with a higher level of education, are aware of the need for smoking quitting. The trend is reflected by the increasing patients seeking help in hospital. However, to quit smoking, people need time and a better surrounding. "
According to Dr. Chen, there are two ways to quit smoking. One is to kick the habit with one’s willpower. It is hard for most smokers although some patients successfully do so.
Another way is seeking medical aid, which combines the psychological, behavioral, and drug treatment. So far, it is proved to be more scientific and effective.
"Most patients coming to our clinic are white collars and business people. Their stress-ridden lifestyle makes cigarettes a necessity in their daily life. To help them, we first make them believe they can quit smoking. Then we carry out certain behavioral therapy according to their life and working style, but this is not enough for chain smokers, who need the third treatment: medication. " said Dr. Chen.
Currently, there are three kinds of drugs for smoking cessation treatment, namely, the nicotine patches, the bupropion tablets and the varenicline tablets. However, nicotine patches may lead to addiction and bupropion is not suitable for people with mental disorder, so most doctors recommend varenicline tablets.
"Varenicline tablets treatment requires a 3-month term for its first stage. A patient can quit smoking within 3 to 6 months if he/she can maintain a regular schedule and stable mood while avoiding caffeine or alcohol. "According to Dr. Chen, the ability of varenicline to help relieve the craving for nicotine can contribute to its relatively high efficacy in treating smokers